Scenes from the Greene County Band Festival

Friday, March 21, 2014

Photos by Jessica Squires

240 band students from across Greene County gathered for a day to rehearse and then perform as a whole Thursday, March 20. The students were conducted by each band director from Greene County schools as well as guest conductor Ishbah Cox, the assistant professor of bands at Purdue University. Cox serves as a festival adjudicator, a clinician and a conductor on top of his work at Purdue.

Guest conductor Ishbah Cox directs 240 students from across Greene County at the annual Greene County Band Festival performance Thursday, March 20.
(By Jessica Squires)

Guest conductor Ishbah Cox points to the trumpets as the 240 piece band composed of students from across Greene County perform Thursday, March 20.
(By Jessica Squires)

Guest conductor Ishbah Cox directs 240 students from across Greene County at the annual Greene County Band Festival performance Thursday, March 20.
(By Jessica Squires)

A line of clarinets representing schools from around Greene County perform as part of a 240 piece band at the Greene County Band Festival Thursday, March 20.
(By Jessica Squires)

Linton freshman Michael Thompson swings a whirligig during a performance of a percussion ensemble at the Greene County Band Festival. The ensemble performed "After Basho," a percussion piece written by Bloomfield band director Jen Bollero. The piece was written to resemble the japanese haiku with time signatures mimicking the five and seven syllable lines of the poems.
(By Jessica Squires)

A line of students play Japanese style drums as part of a percussion ensemble at the Greene County Band Festival. The ensemble performed "After Basho," a percussion piece written by Bloomfield band director Jen Bollero. The piece was written to resemble the japanese haiku with time signatures mimicking the five and seven syllable lines of the poems.
(By Jessica Squires)

Guest conductor Ishbah Cox recognizes the 240 students from across Greene County who participated in an all county band performance at the Greene County Band Festival Thursday, March 20.
(By Jessica Squires)